Limestone Township Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Limestone Township Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Clarion, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Limestone Township Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $210k and spending of $113k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $246k to $210k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Limestone Township Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birdsboro-Union Relief Association ($210k), Neffs Volunteer Fire Co ($211k) and Rivers End Volunteer Fire Dept ($210k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.2% and program service revenue 2.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $700, net assets of $2.7m.